Phonograph-record holder



A. I. GALLAWAY.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD'HOL DER. APPLICATION man AUG-7r I919.

1,407,9 K Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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A. I. GALLAWAY. PHONOGRAPH RECORD HOLDER,

' APPLICATION FILED AUG-7, I919- 1,407,938.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT I. GALLAWAY, or s'r. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Record Holder, of which the following is a specification. I

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved holderfor phono graph records whereby the records will be.

held in approximately vertical positions against one another, therebyreinforcing each other against warping.

Another object is to provide an improved phonograph record holder whichcan be used as 'a carrier for the records. 7

-Other and further objects will appear in the specification and bespecifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings exemplifyingthe invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan View of this improved record holder in which iscontained a plurality of phonograph records. V Figure 2 is an endelevation ofFig. 1.

Figure 3 is aside elevation of Fig. 1.

Figu re 4c is a side elevation of the holder showing the recordsremoved.

Referring to the drawings this improved record holder is constructed ofrelatively stifi'wire and bent so as to form a pair of compartments 1which areadapted to .contain a plurality of upended and approximatelyvertically held phonograph records.

Each compartment is further comprised of a pair of end members 2, eachhavinga pair of converging side members 3 and a bottom member 4;; eachbottom member having a side member 5 and a pair of transverselyextending portions 6.

Each compartment 1, which is comprised of the parts just described, isconstructed of a single piece of wire, and in the manufacture of thisimproved holder, the pair of pieces of Wire from which this improvedholder is made, are twisted or twined together, as designated at 7, thetwisting operation being carried on after the legs 8 which extendupwardly from the transverse portion 6 have been formed, said twisting 7of the pairs of wires while serving to hold the compartments 1 in theiradjacent positions, also serving as a reinforcement to thePHONOGRAPH-RECORD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 28 1922. Applicationfiled August 7,1919. Serial No. 315,923.

compartments when the compartments are filled withrecords. V As shownmore clearly in Fig. 2, the upwardly extending legs 8 incline towardseach other relative to being engaged and forming the twisted portions,thereby forming triangular spaces or'recesses 9 between each pair oflegs 8 and below the twisted portions 7 ,and wherethe portions l Oi ofthe pairs of wires diverge after the twisted portions have been made,recesses 11 are formed.

Looping through each opposing pair of recesses 9 and 11, as shown moreclearly in Figs. 2 and 4, is a looped end 12 of alifting handle 13, andsince both of the compartments 1 are tied together by the twist ings 7of the wires, said handle servesas a lifting element to both of thecompartments.

As already related in one of the objects of this invention, the primeidea is to mount and hold a plurality of phonograph records inapproximately vertical positions and in abutting position relative toone another, so that each and every one of the records will tend to forma compact body, so that no sagging or warping will be efi'ected in asingle record, as it is well known that when phono graph records areleft in leaning positions in separate compartments in warm and dampplaces, softening of the material of which the record is madewill takeplace, thereby allowing the records to become bent or warped. V

This improved form of record holder can be made in diil'erent sizesrelative to the different standards of records, and in the ordinarymanipulation thereof, a plurality of records is generally contained ineach compartmentso thatwhen in the playing of the records on thephonograph, the records of one compartment can be first taken up inorder from the side designated as A and after a record has been played,upon replacing the record in this compartment, the B side of thecompartment is engaged and the record placed down therein, and onaccount of the inclination of the side members 3 as relating to each endmember 2 of a compartment, the record being deposited will be forcedagainst an adjacent record so that it will seat fully against saidadjacent record. The next record. to be record played or removed, inwhich no misplacing of records Will occur.

This improved holder containing a plurality of records when notin usecan readily. be placed away in a cabinet or the like.'

Another advantage of this improved holder is in the provision of theadequate means provided for transporting a plurality of records fromplace to place, as it is quite common at the present time for a smallphonograph to be taken to picnics or boating outings or the like. Sothat the records Will not fall from the holder "during transportations,means are provided; by the' end members 2 for preventing accidentalremoval. In this connection, attention is called to Fig. 3, whichdiscloses that each pair of end members 2 of'ea'ch compartment are heldapart a distance lesser than the diameter'of the records, as shownby thedOtted lines C, said end members 2 being held a distance above thecenter D of the records when the records are in the holdergsaid members2" being engaged by the opposing portions of the periphery of therecord, and forced outwardlyby therecord as they are Withdrawn orreplaced inthe respective compartments, such provision of the forcingapart of the end members 2 du ing the Withdrawal of any recordpreventing any record from being accidentally re moved in carrying.

W'hat I claimis: v 1 a 1. A phonograph record holder comprising endmembersand side members for bold ing" the records in approximatelyvertical positions, oneof said side members being shaped so as to formaguiding member, in ivhich'the guiding member will tend to force eachrecord being insertedintheholder to wards the records contained in theholder and a bottom member serving as a support to said end and sidemembers.

2. A phonograph record holder comprising end members and side members,said side members at their point ofintersection with their respectiveend members being angularly inclined, and a bottom member related tosaid end 'and side members said end members being arranged ona plane therecords on a plane ing end members and side members, the side members ofone side being disconnected thereby providing means for allowing the endmembers to be resiliently sprung apart, and a bottom member serving asasupport to'said end and side members and to upended phonograph records,said .end members being arranged at'a height above said bottom member,wherein they W'illengage above their horizontal center. i

a. A holder for upended phonograph records comprising a pair ofs'traightly formed,

resiliently held, oppositely disposed paralleL,

ing members, a bottom member arranged beneath sald other members andproviding a support thereto, said pair of opposing members adaptedtoengage the records ona plane above their horizontal centers.

5. A holder for upended phono raph records comprising a pair ofstraightl formed, resilientlyheld, oppositely dispose parallelingmembers, a bottom member arranged beneath said other members andproviding a support thereto, said pair of'opposing members adapted toengage the IBCQfClSjOlL a plane above their horizontal ce-nters,"each ofsaid endmembers having an inclining v portion extending from eachendthereof.

6. A phonograph record holder having a pair of compartments, each beingcomprised of end members and side members, 'therside members on one sideof each compartment being disconnected, thereby providing means forallowing the end members to bekresiliently sprung apart, a bottom memberfor [each of said compartments, each pair of end members of eachcompartment being arranged on a plane above the horizontal center ofthe'records when the records are mounted on'edge in a respectivecompartmerit, said side members at their point of intersection withtheir respective end members being angularly inclined.

I ALBERT VI. GALLAWAY;

